From William Yarrell 29 July 1845
Ryder Street | St. James
29 July 1845.
Dear Sir,
I have much pleasure in sending you the following report in answer to your enquiries of yesterday— Genus Prionotus, 4 species— Coast of New York 2— Co. of Carolina 1— Co. of Brasil 1—. these are independant of the new species made known by Mr Jenyns under the name of P. miles— from the Galapagos— diag Pritipoma—about 35 species— — India—11
Africa—8 The places are arranged Brasil—6 in the order of the West Ind.—4 number of species Red Sea—2
Chili—1
localities unknown—3
—— Besides the species of Mr. Jenyns—P. cantharina—Galapagos Latilus—4 species— India 1— Isle of France 1— Brasil 1— Valparaisoramme
In this case also Mr. Jenyns L. princeps from the Galapagos—is not included— diag Cossyphus. 15 species— India—10
Red Sea—3
Rio—1
Sandwich Isles—1
—— C. Darwini—Galapagos—not included— Gobiesox 3 species— Freshwater S. Amer—1 (Lepidogaster bimaculatus)— Britain—1
New Zealand—1
—— Besides Mr Jenyns’s G. marmoratus and
—pœcilopthalmus— 1 ramme
If this should not meet your object, let me know how I can mend it.
Yours very truly | Wm. Yarrell. Chas. Darwin Esqr.
CD annotations
Footnotes
Bibliography
Fish: Pt IV of The zoology of the voyage of HMS Beagle. By Leonard Jenyns. Edited and superintended by Charles Darwin. London. 1840–2. [Vols. 2,3,4,9]
Journal of researches 2d ed.: Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during the voyage of HMS Beagle round the world, under the command of Capt. FitzRoy RN. 2d edition, corrected, with additions. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1845.
Summary
Answers CD’s queries about the number and distribution of species in certain fish genera.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-898
- From
- William Yarrell
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, Ryder St
- Source of text
- DAR 183: 1
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp †
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 898,” accessed on 9 June 2023, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-898.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 3